Some songwriters write from memory. Others write from imagination. call me su seems to exist somewhere between the two, creating songs that feel less like autobiography and more like strange, beautifully human fables. Populated by dreamers, outcasts, flawed leaders and forgotten souls, her music unfolds like short stories, where the Australian landscape becomes as important as the people wandering through it. Her latest single, Mad King, began with a haunting image of politic

Some artists write songs to entertain. Duxie Franklin writes them to endure. Her latest single, After the Storm, is a powerful reflection on chronic pain, mental health and the quiet resilience required to keep moving through life’s darkest moments. Wrapped in sweeping ’80s-inspired production and striking Australian Gothic visuals, the song balances theatrical beauty with emotional honesty, never allowing one to overshadow the other. Every frame of the accompanying music vid

Pop music has always been brilliant at disguising emotional devastation behind irresistible melodies. Scarlet understands that better than most. Her debut single, teen movies, is filled with glossy hooks, shimmering synth-pop and the kind of chorus that feels instantly familiar. But beneath its bright exterior sits a remarkably honest exploration of infatuation, heartbreak and the messy process of growing up. Rather than romanticising young love, Scarlet examines the stories

Some songs are about getting somewhere. Highway 31 is about everything that happens along the way. For Michigan songwriter Todd Stephen, the open road isn’t simply a backdrop for another country song. It’s a place where memories are made, families reconnect, and the ordinary moments of life become the ones worth remembering. Drawing from decades of performing, songwriting and his career as a paramedic, Stephen writes with the understanding that happiness rarely arrives throug

Electronic music often asks you to lose yourself. Rupert Leonard asks you to find yourself somewhere inside the noise. On the surface, onetwentyfive is an atmospheric, club-driven electronic track, pulsing with momentum and restless energy. But beneath its textured production lies something far more personal. Inspired by Rupert’s experience with psychosis, the song explores perception, delusion and the unsettling feeling that the world is speaking in codes. It’s a record that

Some artists write songs about places. Alex Moran writes songs that seem to carry places inside them. As Quiet as a Mouse, Moran has spent years moving between countries, cities and identities, from London to Leamington Spa, Edinburgh to Brisbane. That journey has left its fingerprints all over his music. His songs are filled with memories, near-misses, old relationships, fleeting moments and the strange emotional pull of places that continue to feel like home long after you’